Part 1 1 The president of the united states together with the leaders of several central american countries have agreed to new meetings on agricultural practices. The President of the United States, together with the leaders of several Central American countries, have agreed to the new meetings on agricultural practices.Capitalize all proper nouns and proper adjectives. 2 Dan told Sally that they have to leave their final class early to make it to the early showing of the new French movie. Capitalize proper adjective and use "they have to" or "they must" as infinitives instead of "they has got to". To many words in sentence, some can be taken out.
3 There are many people in this audience who cant except the idea that the worlds climate is changing quick. There are many people in this audience who can't accept the idea that the world's climate is changing quickly. Put in apostrophes on can't and world's, change except to accept, and change quick to quickly. Adjectives modify only nouns and pronouns, adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
4 Having won the game a visit to cliffside restaurant was offered to the team by the principle of El Segundo high school. After winning the game, the principal of El Segundo High School offered the team a visit to Cliffside Restaurant. Place a comma after "game" because it is a adverbial modifier modifyng a verb and capitalize proper nouns like "Cliffsied Restuarant" and El Segundo High School". You could put the comma at the beggining of the sentance, the middle of the sentence, or the end. Change the principle to principal because he is our pal. Verbs must be active, subjects must do the active verb not recieve it.
5 Youre copy of ralph waldo emersons essay self reliance is different than mine’s. Your copy of Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay, "Self Reliance" is different from mine. Take away the e in your because it is not 2 words combined. capitalize Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay it is a proper noun. Shorter works go with quotation marks, longer works go with italics. Mr. Hudson the student, is wearing red. Dr. Gen is wearing a blue shirt. Use comma most of the time. Single comma separates the appositive. From because it is like the pair neither and nor and either and or. 6 My aunt sally last summer attended a six week seminar at ucla she had morning classes and worked at the french embassy in the afternoons. My Aunt Sally, last summer, attended a six week seminar at U.C.L.A.; she had morning classes and worked at the French embassy in the afternoons.Capitalize Aunt Sally because it is a name of a person (proper noun), put commas around last summer because it is an adverbial modifier and capitalize UCLA because it is a proper noun. Add a semicolon after UCLA and before she. Use a semicolon to connect sentences without comma and. Capitalize french embassy 7 Soccer is different than american football in several ways the shapes of the ball the parts of the body used in play the scoring of goals. Soccer is different from American football in several ways: the shapes of the ball, the parts of the body used in play, and the scoring of goals. Capitalize American, put a colon between ways and the or such as inbetween the and way, put a comma after ball and play and put and between play and the. Colons introduce a list, but never ever after a verb. Different from, not different than. Part 2 1 The price of japanese cars will raise in the united states according to Professor Nolan because the value of the dollar has lowered. According to professor Nolan, the price of Japanese cars will rise in the United States because the value of the dollar has fallen. Make Japanese and United States capital because Japanese is a proper adjective and because United States it is a proper noun. Make professor not capital. You could put the "because the value of the dollar has lowered" at either the beginning, middle, or end because it is a causal adverbial modifier. You could also put "according to professor Nolan" at the beginning because it is a circumstantial adverbial modifier. Raise needs a direct object. Change lowered to fallen because lowered is not accurate. 2 In her office mary noticed a box of dictionaries they were delivered their early by mistake. Mary noticed a box of dictionaries in her office that were delivered there early by mistake. Put 'in her office' in the middle of the sentence because it is a locative adverbial modifier (It deals with place *locative = location*). Capitalize Mary because it is a proper noun, and change they to that. Change their to there so it is locative and not possessive. Active voice sentences have the subject doing the action and passive voice have the subject given the verb. Prefer active over passive, but sometimes passive is easy for it.
3 Three officers of the surf club decided between theirselves when the trip would occur irregardless of what other members thought. Three officers of the Surf Club decided between themselves when the trip would occur, regardless of what other members thought. Change theirselves to themselves and comma after occur. Capitalize Surf Club, Circumstantial adverbial modifier 'irregardless of what other members thought' (could be put in a different spot in the sentence, but can stay there (at the end)). Change irregardless to regardless because irregardless isn't a word. 4
The painting two angels appeared on the front of the greeting card this message was inside holiday joy to you and yours. The painting, Two Angels appeared on the front of the greeting card and the message inside was "holiday joy to you and yours". Capitalize Two angels and make them italicized. this should be replaced by and the and quotations around holiday joy to you and yours. A comma needs to put after the painting because it is an appositive.
5 After sailing around catalina island us girls laid in the sun on a beach overlooking avalon bay. We, girls laid in the sun on a beach overlooking Avalon Bay, after sailing around Catalina Island. Capitalize Catalina Island and put a comma after it. Change us girls to we girls because we is the subject and us is the object. Capitalize Avalon Bay. Change the order of the sentence to so we girls is at the front of the sentence. Lay is transitive, lie is intransitive Principal Parts Present Past Perfect 6 tenses walk walked walked Future Present Past run ran run will/shall -ed eat ate eaten swim swam swum Future perfect Present perfect Past perfect begin began begun will have has/have had go went gone am, is, are -was, were -been lie lay lain lay laid laid rise rose risen swing swung swung shake shook shaken sell sold sold put put put lose lost lost meet met met draw drew drawn set set set write wrote written bite bit bitten buy bought bought build built built lose lost lost Part 3 1. This pass summer I went to sacramento ca reno nv salem or and seattle wa to visit relatives including grandma wilson. This past Summer I went to visit relatives including Grandma Wilson in Sacramento, California; Reno, Nevada; Salem, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington. Put Grandma Wilson (and capitalize it) at the middle of the sentence instead of the end, capitalize all of the proper nouns like Sacramento and change the abbreviations to full spelled out words because abbreviations are used only for postal services. Put commas between each city and state semicolon after each state because it is a list. Change pass to past. 2.
My sister hasnt never missed wild discovery a nature series on the discovery channel every thrusday @ 700pm My sister has never missed Wild Discovery, a nature series on the Discovery Channel every Thursday at seven o'clock, . Change "hasnt never" to "has never", capitalize Wild Discovery and italicize it, capitalize Thursday correct it so it is "every Thursday at seven o'clock" (capitalize Thursday and seven o'clock). Capitalize Discovery Channel. You always put a comma after an appositive. 3. Our class will be invovled I think in doing a project sometime on the civil war however it is to late to begin this semester. Our class will be involved in doing a project on the Civil War sometime; however, it is too late to begin this semester. Put "sometime" after civil war (capitalize) because it is a temporal adverbial modifier and put a comma between "sometime" and "however". Remove I think from all writing, we know you think it, who else is righting it. Compound coordinating function Semicolon after sometime and a comma after however. 4. My friends that are members of the key club wants to visit the getty museum for extra credit. My friends, who are members of the key club, want to visit the Getty Museum for extra credit. Make "that are members of the key club" to "who are members of the key club". Put a comma after friends and between who because it is a causal adverbial modifiers, and after club and before want, change "wants" to "want", and capitalize Getty Museum. Relative Pronouns: introduce relative clauses and include who, whom, whose, whoever etc., which, and that. Antecedent must match in pronouns. Relative Clauses modify nouns, adverbial modifiers modify adverbs, verbs, and adjectives. If Relative Clause, then put one comma if at beginning and end, and two if in the middle of a sentence. 5. Bob don’t have no yearbook yet but he can look at my for the time being. Bob does not have a yearbook yet, but he can look at mine for the time being. Change "don't" to "does not", change "no" to "a", put a comma after "yet" and before "but" and change "my" to "mine". My is a possessive adjective, mine is a possessive pronoun in place of a noun. Substantive use of adjectives is using an adjective as a noun. "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly." Part 4 1 Although at least one forth of the group voted against this here amendment it passed now we have to vote on the amended motion. The amendment passed although at least one-fourth of the group voted against it; now we have to vote on the amended motion. Put "The amendment passed" at the beginning of the sentence because it is a circumstantial adverbial modifier. Forth is spelled fourth and put a - between one and fourth. 2. I like these kind of sculpture depicting american indians sally said so lets visit more galleries that sell them. "I like the kind of sculpture depicting American Indians," Sally said, "so let's visit more galleries that sell them." Change "I like these kind of sculpture depicting American Indians" to "I like the kind of sculpture depicting American Indians". Change "lets" to "let's" put a comma after Indians and after said. Put quotation marks around "I like the kind of sculpture depicting American Indians" and "so let's visit more galleries that sell them."
3. The whether was real muggy so us three decides to not go to the game and goes to the movies instead. The weather was really muggy so we three decided to not go to the game and go to the movies instead. Change "whether" to the correct form of it "weather", change "us" to "we" because it is the subject, not the object and change "decides" to past tense and "goes" to "go". Change "real" to "really" because really is and adjective and real is a noun.
4. You are welcomed to browse quickly our classroom and see if your lost book was left there by mistake. Change quick to quickly because it is an adjective and need to be an adverb, change loss to lost, is to was, and their to there. Put an -ed to welcome. Don't split infinitives like splitting "to browse" with "quickly", put it after.
5. Bob will visit mexico this summer to improve his spanish his visit to mexico should improve his understanding of culture to and helping of his students.Bob will visit Mexico this summer to improve his Spanish, improve his understanding of culture, and to help his students. Capitalize all proper nouns and adjectives, change "his visit to Mexico should improve" to "and it should improve" and put put a comma after Spanish and culture. Semicolons introduce a seperate idea or sentence and in sentences with too many commas. 1 George Will a syndicated columnist is very popular his success is based on common sense solutions to problems. George Will, a syndicated columnist is very popular; his success is based on common sense solutions to problems. Put a comma after Will. Put a semicolon after popular.
2. At the trading post in santa fe dad couldn’t find no navajo rug in the write size consequently he visited other stores to find them. At the trading post in Santa Fe, Dad couldn't find a Navajo rug in the right size; consequently, he visited other stores to find them. Capitalize all proper nouns and adjectives, put a comma after "Santa Fe" because it is a locative adverbial modifier, change "no" to "a", and put a semicolon after "size" to combine the two sentences together. Change write to right
3. Watching the shrine circus at memorial hall the elephants were enjoyed most by the children. Watching the Shrine Circus at memorial hall, the children enjoyed the elephants most. Change so that the subject is the doer of the object, not the receiver, active voice. Capitalize Shrine Circus.
4. During the 2 day sale at sears my parents bought victorian style tables that was discounted 25%. During the 2-day sale at Sears, my parents bought Victorian-style tables that were discounted by 25%. Capitalize all proper nouns and adjectives, put a comma after Sears, change "was" to "were" because it is plural, not singular. 5. Although rembrandts night watch is in the rijksmuseum in amsterdam many more of his paintings is in londons national gallery. Although Rembrandt's Night Watch is in the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam, many more of his paintings are in London's National Gallery. Capitalize all proper nouns and adjectives, separate Rijks and Museum, put a comma after Amsterdam because it is a circumstantial adverbial modifier, change is to are because it is talking about several paintings, plural. 6. The day had began like most of the other; Sally whom drives the nicer car in her class had went to the school expecting everything to be normal.The day had begun like most of the others; Sally, whom drives the nice car in her class, went to the school expecting everything to be normal. Change began to begun because it is perfect from, not past. Take out had and change nicer to nicest put commas in for the relative clause; Relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that; I, you, he, she, it-subject words who is subject word; me, you, him, her, it-object words whom is object word ex. Sally, who/m (whom) we all love, went home Because there is a subject already in the relative clause then you can't have another so you need whom as an object Sally, who/m (who) is a good student, went home Green background is the relative clause Because there is no subject it needs one which is who, not whom Part 6 1 Skimming my english book patterns in literature emily dickinsons poem the fly was seen by me. Skimming my English book Patterns in Literature, I saw Emily Dickinson's poem "The Fly." Capitalize English, Patterns, Literature, Emily, Dickinsons, The, and Fly. Put in an underline under Patterns in Literature, put a comma after Literature, put quotation marks around The Fly.
2 In preparation for our potluck meal for the key club ms black bought eggs milk herseys chocolate sugar flour vanilla. In preparation for our potluck meal for the Key Club, Ms. Black bought eggs, milk, Hersey's chocolate, sugar, flour, and vanilla. Put a comma after club to separate the sentence because of the causal adverbial modifier, capitalize m in Ms. and put a period after it because it is an abbreviation, capitalize Black because it is a proper noun and Key Club because it is proper, and put commas after every item in the list and put and before the last word. Colon does not follow verbs no matter what.
3. My sister she is attending the university of california at los angeles wants to major in psychology political science or english or engineering. My sister is attending the University of California at Los Angeles, and she wants to major in psychology, political science, English, or engineering. Capitalize all proper nouns and adjectives, take out she after sister, put comma and after Los Angeles to connect the sentence, put she after and, then put commas in the list after psychology, political science, and take out or before English and put a comma after English.
4. More and more farmers especially them having little acreage are finding it difficult to maintain a decent standard of living isnt that true? "More and more farmers are finding it difficult to maintain a decent standard of living, especially those having little acreage; isn't that true?" Put an apostrophe in isn't, put "especially (change them to those) those having little acreage" after "standard of living" because it is a circumstantial adverbial modifier modifying difficult because it is an adjective. Put quotes because it is dialogue because of the question. DASH - signifies a break in thought, a start of a new one, such as "...especially those having little acreage - isn't that true?"
5 He don't know if can attend tonites meeting but well be infomred by himself by the end of classes today.He doesn't know if he can attend tonight's meeting, but he will inform us by the end of classes today. Change don't to doesn't because it is does not, not do not, put he after if, spell tonight's correctly, change the end of the sentence to but he will inform us by the end of classes today. 1. Mike gave a report about the familiy that we studied in the history and we write them a letter to ask them some questions. Mike gave a report about the family whom we studied in history, and to whom we wrote a letter asking them some questions. Change write to wrote because it is past tense, take out the before history, put them after a letter to. Spell familiy as family. Change "and we wrote them a letter to ask them some questions" to "and to whom we wrote a letter to asking them some questions." Whom because there is already a subject in the relative clause. Put a comma and to link the sentence.
2. Sue drives her car to Steves who's house is across town reckless because she was in a hurry to get to the beach with her frineds. Sue drove her car recklessly to Steve's house which is across town because she was in a hurry to get to the beach with her friends. Change reckless to recklessly and drive to drove and put recklessly after Sue drove her car. Change Steves to Steve's and who's house is across town to Steve's house which is across town.
3. Sally who did you see at the pizza hut last night jane asked in biology? "Sally, whom did you see at the Pizza Hut last night?" Jane asked in biology Quotation marks because it is a quote, Question mark after night because its a question capitalize Jane, comma after Sally. Who to whom because you is already the subject of the interrogative relative clause.
4. It is real incredible that Bob runs at his age but he always enters the school is cool run in the spring. It is really incredible that Bob runs at his age, and he always enters the School is Cool run in the Spring. Change real to really because it needs to be an adverb, not an adjective. School is Cool needs to be underlined or italicized and capitalized because it is a name and capitalize Spring. Add a comma after age and change but to and.
5. Fran borrowed me a copy of 12 angry men the play about a jury deciding a murder case is the most powerful play I read in english class.Fran loaned me a copy of 12 Angry Men, the play about a jury deciding a murder case; it was the most powerful play I have read in English class. Underline 12 Angry Men and capitalize it. Put a comma after 12 Angry Men and put a semicolon after for me because it was two separate sentences in one. Capitalize English. Change borrowed to loaned. 1 That picture has not been hanged proper and it will have to be took down and did correct. That picture has not been hung properly and it will have to be taken down and done correctly. Hanged needs to be hung, and proper needs to be properly because it is an adverb, and took needs to be taken because it needs to be a future tense, not a past tense. Change did correct to did correctly because it needs to be future tense instead of past tense. will have = Future perfect, have/has = Present perfect, had = past perfect
2. The affect of an flexible lunch time has been positive in aiding the students that were released late to return to classes on time. Having a flexible lunch time has had a positive effect in aiding the students that were released late to return to class on time. An needs to be a because flexible does not start with vowel. Change affect to effect because affect is the result effect the resulting change is positive and change the sentence to make the verb active not passive. Change classes to class
3. Neither my friend or his sister have the time to address these here envelops maybe the other members can help. Neither my friend nor his sister have the time to address these envelopes, but maybe the other members can help? Change or to nor because it matches up with neither, either with or, both with and, change these here envelopes to these envelopes and put a comma but after envelopes becuase they are a coordinating conjunction, connecting the sentences, and before maybe to connect the sentences. Put a question mark after help because it is a question.
4. My friend said I should lay down for awhile before I participate in the track meet other wise Ill not be top shape. My friend said, "I should lie down for a while before I participate in the track meet otherwise I'll not be in top shape." Change lay to lie because lay is a transitive verb because it takes an object and lie is intransitive verb because it takes the subject. Past tense of lie is lay which is transitive and lain is perfect test transitive and the intransitive lay past tense is laid, and perfect is laid. Put a apostrophe in I'll and put a comma, and put quotations around I and shape. Otherwise needs to be connected.
5. Tom and myself will be helping Bill that is the badest student in trigonometry and I will copy all of my own notes for him so he can help me help him.Tom and I will be helping Bill who is the worst student in trigonometry and I will copy all of my notes for him so he can help me help him. Change 'myself' to 'I' because myself is a reflexive pronoun that you do for one's self ex: "I gave myself a bath" and 'that is' to 'who' because who refers to people of the sentence and there is no subject in the relative clause so who is and change 'badest' to 'worst'.
1 Bill had less mistakes on her Shakespeare exam then Sue whom wants to go to the dance with him. Bill had fewer mistakes on his Shakespeare exam than Sue, who wants to go to the dance with him. Change then to than because then is time and than because it is comparison. Change her to his before Shakespeare and change whom to who because there is no subject in the relative clause. Put a comma after Sue and change less to fewer because LESS IS FOR SOMETHING YOU CAN'T COUNT AND FEWER IS SOMETHING YOU CAN PUT A NUMBER ON.
2 Sue and Sally are in the play Othello and she is nervous about opening night which is about jealousy and love. Sue and Sally are in the play Othello which is about jealousy and love, and they are nervous about opening night. Put "which is about jealousy and love" after Othello.
3 Last night mom told me and my sister to clean our rooms because she had invited a friend over whom was visiting us for the first time. Sue and Sally are in the play Othello, which is about jealousy and love, but they are nervous about opening night.The play must be italicized, 'which is about jealousy and love' must be put in commas after Othello because it is describing what the play is about and it is a relative pronoun, she is should be they are because sentence is talking about both of the women.
4 Sara and myself met Sally and Sue at the mall because she wanted to buy videos for a friends birthday whom liked action packed films. Sara and I met Sally and Sue at the mall because they wanted to buy videos for a friend's birthday who likes action packed films. Change myself to I, change she to they because it is both of them, put an apostrophe in friend's because the friend is possessing that trait, and change whom to who because there is no subject in the relative clause, and change liked to likes because the friend still likes the action packed films.
5 Among you and I coach said that Sally will start against Costa because she has recently out played Sue whom she lives next door to. Between you and me, Coach said that Sally will start against Costa because she has recently out played Sue, to whom she lives next door. Change 'Among' to 'Between' because it is choosing between 2 people, not among several people. Put a comma after I, put a comma after Sue, change I to me because prepositions take objects, me is an object. Coach needs to be capitalized. Put to before whom because we don't WANT dangling prepositions. 1 On our trip to the black hills of S. Dakota Uncle Billy gave Sue, me and my mom a local made gift of blankets and jewels which she collects. On our trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota, Uncle Billy gave Sue, my mom and me a locally made gift of blankets and jewels, which Sue collects. Capitalize black hills because it is a place, change S. to South because someone may not know what it is, change me and my mom, me is me because it is receiving, it needs to be the object, change local to locally because it needs to be and adverb, put a comma after Dakota because it is a temporal adverbial modifier, change on to during to make it a real temporal adverbial modifier, change she to Sue because it is not specific enough.
2 Each and every day Bill raises at 5:30am to shower dresses breakfasts catches the bus to get to school in time so he can get well grades. Every day, Bill rises at 5:30 am to shower, dress, eat breakfast and catch the bus to get to school on time so he can get good grades. Take out Each because it is redundant. Change 'raises' to 'rises' because rise is an intransitive verb and requires no object, separate '5:30' and 'am' and put a comma after 'shower', and 'dress' because it is not an infinitive, put 'and' after 'breakfast' and change 'catches' to 'catch' and change 'in' to 'on' and change 'well' to 'good' because it is being used as an adjective. Comma after Every day because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Verbs VERBS VERBS VERBS VERBS VERBS VERBS VERBS VERBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tense - 6 Voice - Active, Passive Mood - Interrogative, Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive Person - (3) 1st 2nd 3rd Number - Singular, Plural She runs home - Present, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Plural They run home - Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
3 The french trade commission sent a gift to the president who Senator Bill voted for because he was his best friend in high school. The French Trade Commission sent a gift to the president whom Senator Bill voted for because he was his best friend in high school. Capitalize french trade commission, change who to whom, change his to Senator Bill because it is not clear.
4. Sue whom is the student body president made less mistakes on her spanish test then Sally because she was more careless then her. Sue, who is the student body president, made fewer mistakes on her Spanish test than Sally because Sally was more careless than Sue. Put a comma after 'Sue' and 'president' because it is a relative clause, change 'less' to 'fewer', capitalize 'Spanish' because it is proper. Change both 'then's to 'than', change 'her' to 'Sue' and 'she' to 'Sally', change 'whom' to 'who' because there is no subject in the relative clause.
5. When he cleaned the yard dad found a three year old LA times that laid under the bushes. When Dad cleaned the yard, he found a three-year-old LA Times that lay under the bushes. Change the first 'he' to 'dad' because you cannot use pronouns before you use the noun. put a comma after 'yard' because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Add a dash before 'old' and 'year'. Capitalize 'Dad' and 'Times'. Change 'laid' to 'lay'.
1 Cajun food has become real popular gumbo blacken fish bread pudding now appears on many menus. Cajun food has become really popular; gumbo, blackened fish, and bread pudding, now appear on many menus. Change 'real' to 'really', put a semi comma after 'popular' because its two sentences. 'Appears' to 'Appear', commas for the list 'gumbo, blackened fish, and bread pudding.' Put a comma after 'pudding' because 'now' is a temporal adverbial modifier.
2 At import motors the jones seen a used honda with air conditioning and having leather seats just what they are looking for. At Import Motors, the Jones saw a used Honda with air conditioning and leather seats, which was just what they were looking for. Capitalize 'import motors', 'Jones' and 'Honda', take out 'having' before 'leather', and change 'are' to 'were', add ', which was' into the sentence after 'seats' to connect the sentence better.
3 It was him which had fell off the boat last weekend at thunder lake dr smith shouted. "It was he who had fallen off the boat last weekend at Thunder Lake!" Dr. Smith shouted. change 'which had' to 'who had' because it is a person, not a thing, change 'fell' to 'fallen' because it needs to be past perfect tense, Capitalize 'Thunder Lake' and 'Dr. Smith', put quotes, exclamation point after 'Lake', put a period after 'Dr.' Predicate Nominative Noun cases the boy subj = Nominatives they, he, she the boy's poss = genitive their, his, her to the girl i.o. = dative them, him, her ththem the girl d.o. = accusative them, him, her I took Bob home. Subject verb direct object indirect object
4 The baileys had went to the pacific northwest and seen olympic national park last summer. The Baileys had gone to the Pacific Northwest and seen Olympic National Park, last summer. You could put 'last summer' at the begging because it is a temporal adverbial modifier and put a comma before, capitalize 'Baileys', 'Pacific Northwest' and 'Olympic National Park'. Change 'had went' to 'had gone' because 'had went' is not the perfect tense.
5. Tomato soup by Truman Capote is often cited as a example of art nouveau and art deco two genres of painting. Tomato Soup by Truman Capote is often cited as an example of two genres of painting, art nouveau and art deco. Put italicized 'tomato soup' because it is a long work and capitalize it, put 'two genres of painting' after 'example of', change 'a' to 'an'.
1 There are many people in schools which are available to help poor performing students do good. There are many people in schools, who are available to help poorly-performing students to do better. Change 'which' to 'who' because it is for a subject not an object in the relative clause, change 'good' to 'better', 'poor' to 'poorly', put a '-' between 'poorly-performing', put a comma after 'schools' to encompass the relative clause.
2. It is customary for everyone to raise when the star spangled banner our national anthem is sang. It is customary for everyone to rise when we sing "Star-Spangled Banner", our national anthem. Change 'raise' to 'rise' because it is rising yourself (rising takes the indirect object), raise is to raise something up (raising takes the direct object). Capitalize 'Start Spangled Banner' and put quotations around it. Put a comma after 'Banner' and 'anthem' because it is an apositive, and change 'sang' to 'sung', Or change it to 'we sing' after 'when'.
3. Most students completed there book reports on invanhoe long before prof parker collected it. Most students completed their book reports on Invanhoe, long before Professor Parker collected them. 'There' needs to be 'their' because it is a possessive. Capitalize 'Invanhoe' 'Prof.' and 'Parker'. Change 'prof' to 'professor'. Put a comma after Ivanhoe because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Change 'it' to 'them' at the end of the sentence because it is several reports, not just one.
4. Either you have got to go or me cause the team need at least one off us inorder to make the playoffs. Either you or I have to go because the team needs at least one of us off in order to make the playoffs. Change 'me' to 'I' because it is a subject and put it right after you. Take out 'got', change 'cause' to 'because'. Change 'off' to 'of'. 'inorder' is two words, 'in order'. Put 'off' before 'in order'.
5. Mars attacks is a name of a funnier movie staring Jack Nicholson that is about them funniest looking martians whom attack the earth. Mars Attacks is the name of a funny movie staring Jack Nicholson, which is about the funny looking Martians, who attack the Earth. Italicize and capitalize 'Mars attacks', change 'funnier' and 'funniest' to 'funny', change 'them' to 'the', change 'whom' to 'who', and capitalize 'Earth'. Change 'that' to 'which'. Comma after Martians and Nicholson.
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